Nursing: Web Sites

Formerly NLNAC: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc.

Website (with many resources) of a professional organization open to everyone interested in the history of nursing

Helpful nursing career information from the non-profit BSN Education.

Search case reports in over 200 peer-reviewed journals from BioMedCentral.

A registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world; a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Surveys and tools to advance patient-centered care, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

A noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site dedicated to empowering consumers to make informed choices about drugs and treatment options.

A comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide, from the Peterson Firm, LLC (personal injury law firm).

An independent, trusted authority on the medical practices and products that provide the safest, most cost-effective care.

The website for the museum on the grounds of the St. Thomas Hospital in London. Includes biographical information, digitized letters by Florence Nightingale, and images of other memorabilia from her life.

Links to medical images and information from the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa

From the NIH U.S. National Library of Medicine: many links to data charts, databases, repositories, health statistics, surveys, and tools.

A succinct guide to The National Council Licensure Examination, required of all licensed nurses in the United States; from RNtoBSN.org.

Expert guidance covering how and what you need to know to pass the NCLEX-RN exam successfully from Registerednursing.org

A source of historical background information on issues regarding the nursing profession and the provision of nursing care from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

Over its 40-year history, RAND Health has produced many practical surveys. All of the surveys from RAND Health are public documents, available without charge.

Website of the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system